Waist-belt.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903. H. J. GAISMAN.

WAIST BELT.

APPLICATION FILED 32B. 17, 1897.

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HENRY J. "GAISMAN, OF NEW'YORK, N. Y.

WAIST-BELT.

V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,856, datedfl'une2, '1903.

Application filed February 17, 1897. Serial No. 623,796. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it Duty concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. GAISMAN, of New York city, county and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inWaist-Belts, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means for attaching awaist-belt to a garment so that the garment and belt will always remainin relativeposition vertically and whereby the belt maybe adjustedaround a persons waist to bring the buckle in the center at the front,while still connected to the garment at the back, notwithstanding thatwaists may be of difierent sizes relatively to a belt, butwithin-certain limits.

The invention consists in the combination of a belt with a bar or loopconnected at its ends with said belt and means carried by said baradapted to slide thereon and arranged for connection with means attachedto a garment.

The invention also consists in the novel details of improvement and thecombinations of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter set forthand then pointed out in the claims. Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a face View of the innerside of a portion of a belt provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is aface view of the outer side of the belt, partly broken to disclose thefastening device on the inner side thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thedevice shown in Fig. 2, including improved means for holding the bar orloop upon the belt. Fig. 4 is a partly-broken detail perspectiveview ofthe fastening device shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of a movable button-holder that is carried by the baron the belt. Fig. 6 is a view corresponding to Fig. 5 looking from theother side thereof. Fig. 7 is a partly-broken plan view showing theconnection of the fastening device with a garment. Fig. 8 is a View of awoman shown in the act of applying my improved belt to her waist, andFig. 9 is a detail view of a modification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the several Views, 1 indicates a belt,which may be of any suitable construction and providedwith suitablemeans for connecting its ends together, such as any suitable buckle 2.

3 is a bar or loop secured to the belt by any suitable means. This baror loop 3 is shown connected at its ends with the belt, so that the partbetween its points of connection with the belt shall be free andunobstructed.

The bar or loop 3 may be conuectedwith the belt 1 by eyelets or rivets4, (which may pass through the belt,) or the bar or loop may 7 beconnected with the belt by means of an interposed lining 1, to which thebar or loop can be connected, as shown in Fig. 9. By preference,however, I attach the bar or loop 3 to a patch or short piece 1 ofleather or other suitable material, which patch or short piece 1 is inturn secured to the inner face of the belt or to a lining carried by thebelt. The patch or short piece 1 may be secured to the belt by stitchesalong its longitudinal edges and by glue at its ends or entirely bystitches or glue. The advantage of using this patch or short piece 1 isthat the bar or loop 3 can be attached thereto in quantities, and thenthe patch can be quickly secured to the linings or the belts by'cement,sewing, eyelets, or otherwise. Furthermore, this patch overcomes thenecessity of making holes in the belts or linings and takes the straintherefrom and distributes it more evenly, and the patches can be made ofstrong material, and will thereby stifien the belt at the point where itis to be attached to a garment, whereby the tendency of the belt tocrease or wrinkle in line with the fastener will be'reduced or overcome.By preference the patch is elongated or extended sufiiciently to enableboth ends of the fastening-bars 3 to be attached to it to resist thetendency of the belt to crease or wrinkle'and prevent tearing-out of theeyelets or rivets that hold thebar 3.

To further stiffen the belt at the part where the fastening devices areconnected with it, I place a stiffening-plate 11 between the belt 1 andthe patch 1 or lining 1, as shownin Figs. 1 and 9, which serves toresist the tendency of the belt to crease or Wrinkle between the pointsof connection of the fastening device with the belt. The plate ispreferably made of metal and also serves as a wear-plate to prevent theeyelets or rivets that hold the bar 3 on the patch 1 from injuring thebelt ICO and from causing protrusions to appear on the outer face of abelt. The stiffener or plate 11 may be held in place through the mediumof the means that hold the patch upon the belt or otherwise.

I have shown the bar or loop 3 as curved to substantially correspondwith the curve of a persons waist, so that when the belt is placedaround a waist this bar will lie snugly to the waist without drawing thebelt or causing it to become creased or wrinkled.

The bar or loop 3 carries means for detachably connecting it with meanscarried by the garment, which latter means will preferably be a buttonsecured to the waistband of a skirt or to the lower part of the waist.

The means I have shown for connecting the loop 3 with a garment consistof a fastener 5, shown in the form of a plate having a slot 6, adaptedto receive the shank or holding-threads of a button. This slot is shownopen at one end to permit a button-shank or holding-threads to slidetherein; but the fastener 5 maybe made of wire or other suitablematerial or form, and the slot or button-receiving opening 6 may bearranged otherwise than as shown, if desired. The fastener 5 is providedwith means for connecting it movably with the bar or loop 3. The means Ihave shown for this purpose consist of arms 7, struck from the metal ofthe fastener and folded inwardly or toward each other to form a socket 8to receive the bar or loop 3, whereby the fastener can slide along thebar without turning thereon when the bar 3 and the socket 8 arerectangular; but the bars 3 can be round like wire and the socket 8 ofcorresponding shape, and other means may be provided for movablyconnecting the fastener 5 with the bar or loop The bar or loop 3 isshown raised from the surface of the belt, so that the fastener carriedthereby will have freedom of movement along said bar.

9 is a button or other suitable fastening device whichin Fig. 7 is shownconnected with the waistband 10 of a skirt, or it may be connected withany other part of the garment. This button or fastener when used withladies garments is preferably located at the vertical center of the backof the garment. Instead of connecting, the fastener 5 to the bar or loop3 it may be attached to the garment by suitable means, such as bysewingthreads, and the button or similar fastener 9 may be attached tosaid bar or loop 8 by means similar to the parts 7 or their equivalent,as shown in Fig. 9. In Figs. 1, 2, and 8 I have shown the baror loop 3as connected with the belt 1 below its horizontal center or median line,whereby the belt will be enabled to conceal the skirt-band and extendsomewhat up the back, while still connected to the garment by the meansshown.

In the arrangement shown the slot or opening 6 of fastener 5 extendshorizontally, so that the upper and lower walls of said slot,

v in connection with the corresponding fastener 9, serve to prevent thebelt from moving up or down relatively to the garment to which it isattached, and the open end of the slot can be sufficiently narrow tocause the fastener to grip the button-shank or holdingthreads to preventthe spontaneous detachment of the fasteners. Furthermore, thecompression of the belt around the waist or the friction between thefastener 5 and the garment will tend to keep the fastener from slidinghorizontally; but it is evident that the slot 0 can be otherwisearranged, as it could stand vertically, if desiredfor instance, havingits open end extending upwardly-in which case the lower walls 6 of thefastener, in connection with the corresponding fastener 9, would serveto keep the belt from rising or the garment from descending.

It will be seen that the fasteners 5 and i) connect the belt and garmenttogether, so as to keep them from moving vertically relatively to eachother, and by having the fastener that is carried by the bar or loop 3movably connected therewith said fastener will remain in connection withthe fastener on the garment, while the belt can be adjusted more or lessaround the waist to bring the front fastener2 in the center of the bodyof the wearer. By this means belts of a given length will accommodatewaists of different circumference, while enabling the belt to besymmetrically connected therewith.

The bar 3 and the fastener carried thereby form a simple and smallattachment on a belt and one that will not cause the belt to protrude inline therewith when around the waist.

I do not limit my invention to the precise details of construction shownand described, as they may be varied without departing from the spiritof my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A waist-belthaving a bar or wire connected therewith near its ends on the inner faceof the belt, the portion of said bar between its ends being unobstructedand free from the belt, and a fastener having a hearing to receivesaid'bar to slide on the same while concealed behind the belt, saidfastener having means for connecting it with a garment, substantially asset forth.

2. A belt-holder comprising astrip adapted to be secured to the insideof a belt, a bar or wire secured to said strip and forminga longitudinalguideway thereon, a holder in the form of a plate and having a bearingforsliding on said guideway, said plate being formed with a slotformingjaws, and means to resist the spontaneous removal of a buttonfrom the slot, substantially as set forth.

HENRY J GAISMAN.

Witnesses:

JEssE W. WEINBERG, MAX DAVIS.

